Across
- 2. something that is bad or reduces the chances of success
- 5. an important material that exists in the air, soil, and all living things on Earth
- 7. a pretend version of something that scientists use when the real thing is too big, small, or complicated to work with
- 9. anything that takes up space; can be in different forms such as solid, liquid, or gas
- 10. tiny living things in water that produce their own food, like plants do
- 11. the air that surrounds a planet
- 12. water that moves across a surface, often carrying materials with it
Down
- 1. a type of gas that plants sometimes take in and that animals release when they breathe
- 3. tiny, floating living things in water that are smaller than algae and produce their own food, like plants do
- 4. the process of carbon moving through living things and the environment
- 6. a set of events that repeats in the same order over and over
- 8. an organism that is usually a decomposer; some cause illness
